> I use CONFIG_FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL but a couple of times[0] recently this> has failed me because the in-tree bnx2 driver requires> bnx2/bnx2-mips-09-6.2.1b.fw but the tree contains> firmware/bnx2/bnx2-mips-09-6.2.1a.fw.ihex and not 6.2.1b.> > Is it a bug that bnx2 was updated without adding the new firmware or is> a bug that the obsolete firmware is still sitting in the tree?

It's a bug that any firmware is still in-tree, butCONFIG_FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL hasn't yet been made to work with a separatelinux-firmware directory.

Ben.

> Ian.> > [0] It's possible the same thing and I've just tripped over it more than> once now.

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